[Qemu-devel] Trouble with Win98 2nd Request

[Qemu-devel] Trouble with Win98 2nd Request

[jadams]

Hi all,
Earlier I posted a message about the I/O error when I tried to load an image 
file I created. My host OS is Debian Linux and I'm trying to run Win98 as the 
guest.  When I invoke qemu hdb.gcow the Grub boot screen comes up in a 
window. I choose my Win98 installation and it gives me the I/O error replace 
disk. Any key exits the window. I can launch another Linux distro that I have 
on my machine, from the same grub menu that starts with the invocation of 
qemu. 

I've looked at the user documentation and I don't find it very helpful. I 
don't care to work this out myself If I can be pointed in the right 
direction. 

Here's what I have done.
1) Download and compile qemu
2) Create an image file (and the problem might be in that I created it 
incorrectly, I simply don't know.)
3) Run qemu hdb.gcow

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jim A.
Russell, KY USA

Re: [Qemu-devel] Trouble with Win98 2nd Request

[René Korthaus]

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Am 17.12.2004 um 14:44 schrieb jadams:

> Hi all,
> Earlier I posted a message about the I/O error when I tried to load an 
> image
> file I created. My host OS is Debian Linux and I'm trying to run Win98 
> as the
> guest.  When I invoke qemu hdb.gcow the Grub boot screen comes up in a
> window. I choose my Win98 installation and it gives me the I/O error 
> replace
> disk. Any key exits the window. I can launch another Linux distro that 
> I have
> on my machine, from the same grub menu that starts with the invocation 
> of
> qemu.

I heard and read about the kind of problem with Windows Guests and 
Qemu-img RAW images also.
It's always the same: Installation is buggy cause windows cannot format 
the drive correctly. You have to cancel install and format the disk 
yourself using fdisk.
One user reported, that after installation launching his win98 would 
always result in "cannot read disk. change device" on the first try.

This was reported while running Qemu-0.6.1 on Mac OS X. I assume that 
it applies to the current cvs also, cause as i know, there been no 
changes on qemu-img.

Maybe someone could do a small research on that problem cause RAW 
images are really useful but not useable at the moment ?!



Thanks, cordney*

>
> I've looked at the user documentation and I don't find it very 
> helpful. I
> don't care to work this out myself If I can be pointed in the right
> direction.
>
> Here's what I have done.
> 1) Download and compile qemu
> 2) Create an image file (and the problem might be in that I created it
> incorrectly, I simply don't know.)
> 3) Run qemu hdb.gcow
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Jim A.
> Russell, KY USA
>
>
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